The majority of the posters in the CR are recovering republicans and while I appreciate that y’all have seen the light, a lot of y’all repeatedly revert back to your former Republican mindset and views on Democrats. As someone who has proudly never cast a vote for a republican, it is easy for me to observe when that happens. Despite the fact that many of you have been conditioned to see the media as “liberal”, it isn’t. It’s mission is to drive engagement and outrage. And the decades of Republicans screaming about the liberal bias has made the media decision makers overly sensitive and thus they over correct to kowtow to the right to appear fair. That’s why we’re inundated with repetitive deep dives on what idiots in Indiana diners think and why every current event is framed “Why XYZ is bad for The Democrats and Joe Biden”. It’s why it took years for the media to quit calling Trump’s lies what they are instead of “distortions” and “untruths” and “exaggerations”. Imagine if a man had broken into Mitch McConnel’s home and beat Elaine Chao with a hammer and that man had scores of statements worshiping Obama and admitted to police he did it to send a message to Republicans. That shit would still be the top story. So, yeah, many of the posters here are misdirecting their anger. It’s always somehow Democrats fault that the media and voters are more distracted by the outrageous shiny things rather than the boring truth. I could list chapter and verse of hand wringing and concern trolling posts on this board over manufactured culture issues that get blamed on Democrats (CRT, defund the police, etc.) messaging instead of blaming the Republican false framing and the media who amplifies that false framing in a pathetic attempt to appear unbiased.